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Well, it's almost another set of minor miracles that have me here this
morning writing another Project Gutenberg Newsletter to you, filled up
not only with the 50+ Etexts you have come to expect, but with a great
collection of dictionaries, as well, for a total of about 75 Etexts.
A week ago I had no idea we would actually be able to present any more
than a handful of Etexts today, but we actually managed to add 53 more
just in the last 7 days, and some of them were posted more than once--
to present a more integrated index format for the dictionaries.
and
We have copyright clearances for a few people who didn't include their
email addresses with their title page xeroxes. . . .
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Headline News:
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We are considering a Portuguese Etext, Os Lusiadas, for Etext #3333.
This will likely also be our 30th Anniversary Edition Etexts!!!!!!!
If you can help with this, please let me know. We received xeroxes:
Os Lusiadas, by de Luis de Camoes from Maria Helena Moreira 02/20/01
[Full Names: Maria Helena Moreira Rodriques and Victor Calha, so if
you know either of these people, please try to get me in touch. . .
If you are in Portugal, please email, I have more information. . . .
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and
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Next month we will try to reach #3333 for a "price" of $3.00 per copy
to have given away our goal of $1,000,000,000,000 [One Trillion Dollars]
with a total of 833 Etext titles from April, 2000 to April, 2001. . . .
This "cost" is down from $3.17 when we had 3150 Etexts on February 6
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This "cost" is down from $3.40 when we had 2870 Etexts on October 18/Nov 1
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This "cost" is down from $3.55 when we had 2820 Etexts on August 16
This "cost" is down from $3.60 when we had 2775 Etexts on August 2
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Table of Contents:
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I can't scan right now, but would be happy to proof read if anyone else can
find and scan the texts.
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We are trying out our first ".lit" files. . .more below on this in
our "Index Listings for the New Files."
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
Just posted 05tom11l.lit and 05tom11l.zip, and working on a few more.
The l stands for .lit, the new MicroSoft Open Book Format,
which apparent is now being called Microsoft Readre Format.
This is our first try at this, and we need help improving how it looks.
We also need help getting the related .txt file into our own format.
If you would like the related .txt file, or to help with the .lit files,
please email me and Michael Lampi <lampi@halcyon.com> !!!***
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****Here are the listings for 5 Project Gutenberg Etexts for August, 2002****
[The reason for this is that August will be taken up by two large collections]
****Here are the listings for 20 Project Gutenberg Etexts for June, 2002****
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Jun 2002 The Jerusalem Sinner Saved, by John Bunyan [JB #4][jrsnsxxx.xxx]3270
Full Title: The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or Good News for the Vilest Men]
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Jun 2002 The Re-Creation of Brian Kent, Harold Bell Wright [trcbkxxx.xxx]3265
Jun 2002 Dennison Grant, by Robert Stead [dnsngxxx.xxx]3264
[Full Title: Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day]
Jun 2002 The Portygee, by Joseph C. Lincoln[J.C. Lincoln#7][prtgexxx.xxx]3263
Jun 2002 The Pilgrims of Hope, by William Morris[Morris #9][plghpxxx.xxx]3262
Contents:
The Message of the March Wind
The Bridge and the Street
Sending to the War
Mother and Son
New Birth
The New Proletarian
In Prison and at Home
The Half of Life Gone
A New Friend
Ready to Depart
A Glimpse of the Coming Day
Meeting The War-Machine
The Story's Ending
****Here are the listings for 49 Project Gutenberg Etexts for May, 2002****
[One dictionary is still reserved at this moment]
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May 2002 How Tell a Story and Others, by Mark Twain [MT#31][mthtsxxx.xxx]3250
[Full Title: How to Tell a Story and other Essays, 1899]
CONTENTS:
HOW TO TELL A STORY
THE WOUNDED SOLDIER
THE GOLDEN ARM
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN
THE INVALID'S STORY
[The Following Set of Dictionaries all have the full title: "Mr. Honey's..."]
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May 2002 Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary English-German [8woedxxx.xxx]3225C
May 2002 Mr. Honey's Work Study Dictionary German-English [8wodexxx.xxx]3224C
May 2002 Honey's Correspondence Dictionary English-German [8coedxxx.xxx]3223C
May 2002 Honey's Correspondence Dictionary German-English [8codexxx.xxx]3222C
May 2002 Honey's Large Business Dictionary English-German [8lgedxxx.xxx]3221C
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May 2002 Honey's Large Business Dictionary German-English [8lgdexxx.xxx]3220C
May 2002 Mr. Honey's Tourist Dictionary English-German [8tredxxx.xxx]3219C
May 2002 Mr. Honey's Tourist Dictionary German-English [8trdexxx.xxx]3218C
May 2002 Honey's Small Business Dictionary English-German [8smedxxx.xxx]3217C
May 2002 Honey's Small Business Dictionary German-English [8smdexxx.xxx]3216C
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May 2002 Mr. Honey's Insurance Dictionary English-German [8inedxxx.xxx]3215C
May 2002 Mr. Honey's Insurance Dictionary German-English [8indexxx.xxx]3214C
May 2002 Mr. Honey's Beginner's Dictionary English-German [8bgedxxx.xxx]3213C
May 2002 Mr. Honey's Beginner's Dictionary German-English [8bgdexxx.xxx]3212C
May 2002 Honey's Small Banking Dictionary English-German [8baedxxx.xxx]3211C
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May 2002 Honey's Small Banking Dictionary German-English [8badexxx.xxx]3210C
May 2002 Honey's Medium Business Dictionary, English-German[8meedxxx.xxx]3209C
May 2002 Honey's Medium Business Dictionary, German-English[8medexxx.xxx]3208C
May 2002 *RESERVED* for yet another dictionary [ xxx.xxx]3207*
Martin
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